Looking to earn free gift cards with a minimum of fuss? Check out Swagbucks.com.

Swagbucks describes itself as a rewards program. But it’s effectively a single website — or app, if you prefer to use that route — that offers its members multiple ways to rack up free gift cards and cash.

2. Shopping online

The savviest consumers use what’s known as a cash-back portal when shopping online. These are basically websites or apps that provide cash rebates. Ebates.com is perhaps the best-known example, but Swagbucks also has its own cash-back portal, called “Swagbucks Shop.”

By going through Swagbucks Shop when shopping online, you can earn cash back on purchases from more than 1,500 retailers, including Amazon, Walmart and Target.

3. Searching the web

If you use the internet, you probably also use a search engine like Google Search. You could be getting paid for this activity, though, if you instead use Swagbucks’ search engine. It’s called “Swagbucks Search.”

4. Taking surveys

Yes, you can get paid for your opinion. Swagbucks advises that you read all questions carefully before answering and always answer honestly, but there are no hitches.

Money Talks News contributor Krystal Steinmetz has used this Swagbucks feature. She wrote, “I earned 10 SB today by taking a general household information survey that only took about four minutes to complete. Some surveys reward users up to 300 SB.”

5. Watching videos

Steinmetz explained, “Swagbucks pays you to watch video content … The number of SB you earn varies widely depending on the content and length of the video playlist you choose.”

The video content is from content companies such as AOL, BET and Hulu.

6. Playing games

Swagbucks will pay you to play games such as:

Wheel of Fortune

Bejeweled Blitz

Scrabble Cubes

If you like earning rewards at Swagbucks, don’t stop there. There are seemingly countless ways to make extra money online. For starters, check out “50 Ways to Make a Fast $50 — or More.”